dress down

Example Sentences

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Rosalía wisely recruited the swooning Mexican American sierreña trio, Yahritza Y Su Esencia, to help her better emulate a Paquita La Del Barrio dress-down of a lover gone astray.

From Los Angeles Times

I think Ma noticed because she tried to get me to wear the dashiki on one of our dress-down days during the last few weeks of school … but honestly, I would rather dislocate a shoulder.

From Literature

He repeated the words “I’m comin'” at least a dozen times, and had players chant words such as “smart!” “tough!” and “disciplined!” after the dress-down.

From Seattle Times

That, in fact, in Mr. Bankman-Fried’s overwhelming embrace of the dress-down mystique — one colleague, Andy Croghan, told The New York Times, “Sam and I would intentionally not wear pants to meetings” — he actually missed the point, which was that it is the details and what you don’t see that matters.

From New York Times

Simultaneously, the need to embellish one’s individuality should be acknowledged with dress-down days at various times throughout the school year.

From Seattle Times